Seven Republican candidates vying to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss squared off in South Georgia Saturday night in the first of seven GOP-sponsored debates.

The race is drawing national attention for the wide-open Republican primary and the Democratic candidacy of Michelle Nunn, former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn’s daughter.

The GOP primary features three congressmen, a former Fortune 500 CEO and an ex-Georgia secretary of state who narrowly lost the GOP primary runoff for the governor’s mansion in 2010.

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